Should less motion sensitive T2-weighted BLADE TSE replace Cartesian TSE for female pelvic MRI?

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 611-618

  Froehlich, Johannes M ^a   Metens, Thierry ^b   Chilla, Bianka ^a   Hauser, Nik ^a   Klarhoefer, Markus ^c   Kubik Huch, Rahel A ^a  

^a Cantonal Hospital Baden   (Switzerland)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Siemens Healthcare   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Female; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874220328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-012-0193-9     Document Type: Article

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